Big Ten Would Love a USC-less Rose Bowl

Maybe that'll dry the Big Ten's tears. It certainly means that the conference is out of Pasadena excuses.

The Big Ten has won only a single Rose Bowl this decade -- Wisconsin outlasted Stanford on Jan. 1, 2000.

It has been nothing more than an annoying speed bump to the Trojans in their past four Rose Bowl meetings. USC isn't just 4-0 in those games; the Trojans outscored their Big Ten opposition by a 2-to-1 margin, 147-73. And they've beaten...

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